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Riz Ahmed

Actor, Producer, Writer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn December 1, 1982 (42 years)
Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed (Urdu pronunciation: [ɾɪzˌwɑːnˈɛɦˌməd̪]; born 1 December 1982) is a British actor and rapper. He has received several awards, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2017, he was named in the Time Listing of the most influential people in the world.

After studying acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Ahmed began his acting career with independent films such as The Road to Guantanamo (2006), Shifty (2008), Four Lions (2010), Trishna (2011), and The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012). He had his break-out role in Nightcrawler (2014), which led to roles in the 2016 big-budget films Jason Bourne and Rogue One. For starring as a young man accused of murder in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), Ahmed won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. He received another Emmy nomination in the same year for his guest role in Girls. He went on to play Carlton Drake in the superhero film Venom (2018) and a drummer who loses his hearing in the drama film Sound of Metal (2019). The latter earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He produced, co-wrote, and starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020), which earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film.

As a rapper, Ahmed is a member of the Swet Shop Boys and has earned critical acclaim with the hip hop albums Microscope and Cashmere and commercial success featuring in the Billboard 200 chart-topping Hamilton Mixtape, with his song "Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)" winning an MTV Video Music Award. His second studio album, The Long Goodbye, was accompanied by a short film of the same name, which won him the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

As an activist, Ahmed is known for his political rap music, has been involved in raising awareness and funds for Rohingya and Syrian refugee children, and has advocated 'BAME' representation at the House of Commons.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Sisters Brothers
  • Day of the Falcon
  • Una
  • Trishna
  • Wired

Known For

  • Nightcrawler
  • Sound of Metal
  • Venom
  • The Night Of
  • Four Lions
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Jason Bourne
  • Nimona
  • The Sisters Brothers
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  • The Road to Guantanamo
  • Ill Manors
  • Encounter
  • The Phoenician Scheme
  • Dead Set
  • The Long Goodbye
  • Fingernails
  • Una
  • Mogul Mowgli
  • Girls
  • Shifty
  • Day of the Falcon

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2026
    2025
    The Phoenician Scheme · as Prince Farouk
    2024
    Relay · as Tom
    2023
    Fingernails · as Amir
    2023
    Dammi · as Mounir
    2023
    Nimona · as Ballister Boldheart (voice)
    2022
    2021
    Encounter · as Malik Khan
    2020
    Mogul Mowgli · as Zed
    2020
    2019
    Sound of Metal · as Ruben Stone
    2019
    Weathering with You · as Detective Takai
    2018
    Venom · as Carlton Drake / Riot
    2018
    The Sisters Brothers · as Hermann Kermit Warm
    2016
    Una · as Scott
    2016
    The OA (TV Series) · as Elias Rahim
    2016
    2016
    City of Tiny Lights · as Tommy Akhtar
    2016
    Jason Bourne · as Aaron Kalloor
    2016
    The Night Of (TV Series) · as Nasir 'naz' Khan
    2014
    Nightcrawler · as Rick
    2013
    Closed Circuit · as Nazrul Sharma
    2012
    2012
    Ill Manors · as Aaron
    2012
    Girls (TV Series) · as Paul-Louis
    2011
    2011
    The Fades (TV Series) · as Neil
    2011
    2010
    Four Lions · as Omar
    2010
    Centurion · as Tarak
    2009
    10 Minute Tales (TV Series) · as Joseph
    2009
    Rage · as Vijay
    2009
    2009
    Freefall · as Gary
    2008
    Dead Set (TV Series) · as Riq Rahman
    2008
    Shifty · as Shifty
    2008
    Wired (TV Series) · as Manesh Kunzru
    2007
    Britz · as Sohail Wahid
    2007
    Britz (TV Series) · as Sohail
    2006
    The Path to 9/11 (TV Series) · as Yosri
    2006
    Banglatown Banquet · as Razual
    2006

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